Machine for shrinking cloth.



PATENTED DEC. 10, 1907, c. w. FENNER. MACHINE FOR SHRINKING CLOTH.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 18, 1905.

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APPLICATION FILED 0OT.18, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. FENNER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO SPOTLESS STEAM SPONGER COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A PARTNERSHIP.

MACHINE FOR SHRINKING CLOTH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1907.

Application filed October 18 1905. Serial No. 283261- T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. FENNER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented cer- I tain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Shrinking Cloth; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for shrinking cloth.

The object of this invention is tosimplify the operation of the machine and to secure economy in the use of steam and other advantages as will hereinafter appear. a

The invention, therefore, consists in the features of construction and combination of parts, as described in the specification, pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is an end elevation of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 'is' a section on line 22, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on line 33, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section on line 44, Fig. 2.

Again referring to the drawings, 1 represents the frame of the machine, in the center of which is mounted a steaming-box 2, which is provided with a valved steam pipe 3, and the said steam pipe 3 is connected with a supply pipe 4. The steaming-box 2 is provided with a drain pipe 5 in the usual manner. On each side of the steaming box are arranged smoothing and guiding rolls 6. At one side of the frame is journaled a drum 7, preferably, so that it can be readily removed from the frame, and the said drum 7 is provided with a crank arm 8 by means of which it may be rotated so that the material can be wound thereon. On the opposite side of the frame is mounted a steaming-cylinder and to this portion of the machine my invention particularly relates. At one end of the frame is mounted a steam tight drainage receptacle or box 10 in the side of which is formed a circular opening 11 and thelower end of said box is provided with a valved drain pipe 12.

A perforated cylinder 13 extends from end to end of the frame 1,- and one end of the said cylinder is journaled in the opening 11 in the said box 10 and the other end of said cylinder is closed by means of a head 14, provided with a tnmnion 15 which is j ournaled in the frame 1. On the end of the trunnion 15 is secured a crank arm 16 by means of which the cylinder 13 can be rotated. A steam pipe 17 provided with jet orifices is supported at one end in the frame of the machine and its other end enters a socket 18 formed in the head 14 and is loosely supported therein so that the head 14 can rotate without rotating the steam pipe 17. The pipe 17 is connected with the steamsupply pipe 4 by means of a valved pipe section 27. Around the steam pipe 17 is arranged a shell or casing 19 which has an opening 20 arranged at the top and to one side thereof and extending the full length of the casing. A guard plate and deflector 21 is arranged behind said opening which serves to partially intercept the steam as it rises to the top of the casing and the excess of moisture in thesteam condenses on the plate 21 and runs down into the casing. The casing 19 is supported on the pipe 14 by means of an inturned flange 22 at one end and a hanger 23 at the other end. In the bottom of the casing 19 is, preferably, formed a drainage channel 24 which empties into the box 10. Around the casing 19 is arranged a steam pipe 26 which, passes through the box 10 and is carried back and forth longitudinally of the casing 19 so as to completely surround said casing by a series of ipe-lengths approximately equal to the lengtli of thecasing and the other end of the said pipe 26 passes out through the said box 10 so that theinlet and outlet of the said pipe project beyond the said box. The object of this steam pipe is to heat the casing so that the steam within the casing will be thoroughly dry and also maintain a. high enough temperature within the cylinder so that the steam will not condense therein but will pass out through the perforations.

The operation of the machine is as follows :-The cloth is wound upon the cylinder 13 and the steam is allowed to enter both the pipe 17, within the casing 19, and the pipe 26 which surrounds the casing 19. The steam from the pipe 17 passes'into the casing 19 and then into the cylinder 14 and through the perforations in said cylinder 14 and permeates the cloth which is wound around said cylinder, and after the cloth has been properly steamed it is carried across the surface of the steaming box and wound upon the drum 7. The moisture from the steam after leaving the pipe 17 condenses on the sides of the easing 19 and the Water therefrom collects in the channel 24 and flows into the box 10. WVhere the pipe 12 is not connected with a sewer or other means for receiving the drainage from the boX 10 continuously, a gage 28 is preferably mounted on the side of the box to indicate the height of the Water therein, and the valve in the pipe 10 is opened. from time to time in order to let the Water escape. Vhen the cloth is Wound on the steaming drum it is only necessary to rotate the cylinder 13 and the head 14 thereon as all the pipes remain stationary, and it therefore requires but a slight expenditure of energy and also as none of the steam pipes rotate it is possible to secure steam tight joints in the pipes thereby preventing the waste of steam.

that I claim is 1. In a machine of the character indicated, the combination of a frame, a steaming box mounted on said frame, a drum rotatably mounted at one side of the said steaming box and a steaming drum mounted at the opposite side of said steaming box, said steaming drum comprising a d ainage receptacle arranged at one end of said frame, a perforated cylinder, means for rotating said cylinder, a steam pipe provided with jet orifices arranged Within said. cylinder, a casing arranged around said steam pipe and provided with an opening for the escape of the steam, said casing havlng one end in open commumcatioi1 wlth said drainage receptacl and a heating coil a perforated c ,'linder having one end ra-ta- A tablymounted in the o ')eningin said box and in open communication therewith and having its other end rotatably supported at the opposite side of said frame, a steam pipe provided with jet orifices extending longitude nally through the center of said cylinder and supported independenttv of said. cylinder, casing arranged around said steam pipe and having one end extending into and in open communication with said box and provided with an opening extending longitudiluilljv thereof for the escape of steam and a steam pipe arranged in coils around said casing so as to heat-said casing and the said cylinder, in testimony whereot, l sign the foregoing specification, in the presence ol two witnesses.

(ll'lAliliES W. FlCNNllli. lVitnesses:

Vio'ron C. ln'x on, N. L. McDoxNnLL. 

